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Dear Santa, Well, the big day is almost here. I’m sorry to be a little late in getting my letter to you, but some of these gifts won’t have to be delivered until the new year so there will be plenty of time to get everything done. In the sports world it seems there is always plenty of people, teams, etc. who are in need of gifts. With that ...
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Facing a field of private schools and Class AAAAAA programs out of Atlanta, the Jefferson girls’ swimming team still managed a 12th-place finish out of 30 teams Saturday at the Madeleine Jude Brown Invitational at Emory University. The meet, intended as a warm-up for the region and state meets in January, was hosted by Marist. The girls ...
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It’s becoming a common theme for the Winder-Barrow High School swim program. The Swim Doggs will compete in another meet and more personal records will be established. Such was the case this past weekend when WBHS competed at the University of Georgia’s Ramsey Center. Overall, the WBHS boys finished fourth out of 15 teams, while the Lady ...
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We aren’t even through with December and this has already been a wild start to the NBA season. Toronto, Washington and Atlanta sit on top of the East while Golden State and Memphis are battling it out for the top spot in the West. Things are just getting weird, and it’s only just begun. But this past week one of the crazier things occurred. ...
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Bethlehem Christian Academy senior Graham Doolittle, shown with Knights coach Lance Fendley, was selected to compete in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star football game Dec. 19, played at Clarke Central High School. Doolittle was the leading rusher for the BCA Knights in 2014 and has been a key player in helping establish the ...

Madison County wrestlers snagged a championship and two second-place finishes at the Arrowhead Classic in Stephens County Dec. 20. Cody Bond won 19-2 in the finals and took first place in the 113 lb. weight class, while teammates Evan Drake, 120 lbs., and Jordan Wiley, 170 lbs., finished second. “It was a pretty good, competitive ...
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16 local players earn all-region football honors Jefferson quarterback Evan Shirreffs was named Co-Offensive Player of the Year for Region 8-AAA to headline a list of 16 local athletes named to the all-region football team. Shirreffs threw for 2.693 yards and 23 touchdowns in leading the Dragons to the 8-AAA championship and third round of the ...
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Winning every match it wrestled by at least 42 points, Jefferson rolled to a first-place finish in Saturday’s Tommy Warren Duals at Oconee County. The mat Dragons went 5-0 on the day. “It was really good,” coach Doug Thurmond said. “Everybody wrestled well and we didn’t get anybody hurt, which is important this time of year.” ...
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Jefferson didn’t want to run up-and-down the floor Friday night against fourth-ranked Morgan County, but its attempts to slow the pace against the defending state champions only worked for so long. The visiting Bulldogs built a 20-point lead at halftime and won by that same margin in a 67-47 victory over the Dragons. “We didn’t do what we ...
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The Jackson County wrestling team grabbed a pair of wins and came close to notching two more victories in a fourth-place finish Saturday at the Tommy Warren Duals in Oconee County. The Panthers finished 2-3 in the event, with only six points separating them from a second-place finish. “(Going) 2-3 doesn’t sound good but when you look at the ...
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